So a small iPhone update for anyone that cares to read. It's surprising how well I have integrated this gadget into my daily habits already. granted I'm sure a good portion of that underlying reason is discovery of features and fascination in general. But with less than a week of use I've probably sent 30% of my text messages for the month. Which surprises me. Sure I still send the bulk of them off and on to one person, but I find I'd send longer messages now and with more numerous responses to peoples comments. Plus I do kinda like the ability to update my blog on the road now ( of course on a year I get no real vacation ) and I'm an absolute junkie for the built in / ship in Weather App. Seriously. No waiting for the news no papers no websites, just the current conditions and a five day forecast sent for my zip code updated as often as I wish to check it. Stupefyingly simple, yet practical.

Enough of that.

Other things:

We officially coronated the King of the United States today. If you take offense to that; I hope you keep reading. Because, lets cut the shit off the turd here people; if you honestly think this means something, it doesn't. If you think this is the end to economic disparity in the wild; note that the DOW dropped 500 points since his official installation. If you think it was a "people's showing" of affection, remind yourself in a cash strapped country, we dropped 172 million; dollars just to put this fucking freak show circus on the road. Mad? I am. Thats like being shaken down for a buck by a boy in a girl scout outfit. Something isn't right. It's about the same as ripping a buck from every tax paying US citizen just for this. To spend on himself. Great start in my book, from a guy who says says he isn't going to raise taxes, but between him and his vice president can't figure out what the cut off is, or how it works. And don't start me on the new presidential Cadillac limo. Thats just a matter of national security. Riiiiight.

We granted him his crown, and his plush robes. What have we been granted in response? Judging by the garbage run on the boob tube the past couple days, its some sort of reborn MLK. King had beliefs. This guy? He has Chicago politics in his socialisim lined suit pockets. We were treated to equality? Really. Hes arab folks. But since skin tone doesn't matter in our advanced minds, obviously we aren't looking at that.... are we media? Are we? Definetly not in every carefully panned shot of the clearly black americans, tears and hankies in hand, sprayed all over the screen today. Give me a break. These people that profess love for this guy, are potentially even bigger lunatics than he and his pack of handlers are. In love with what? The same way I love donuts? The same way I love my landlord? The same way I love my country? Clearly not. When people ask me why I sound so bitter about the whoel mess, I remind them, that just how little of and effect a president actually has on their daily life. When the Great Messiah of the Masses tells you he's going to cut taxes; he can't. That's Congress. When He, The Holy of Holyness, tells you hes going to "change how we do things", tell yourself that hes just changing WHO is doing things, but the same shit will happen. When He, of He's sermons on world peace and global warming; remind your self people are dying just to start new wars, and no one, can stop the course of nature. Remind yourself, like we need to every generation when this gets out of hand, that he is a man, among men, that all are fallible. You entrust the peace and security of the nation and of the world, to a man whom is wise and, able bodied and practical. This is a man who is younger than our parents. For me, by more than 10 years. Corruption will occur, scandals will happen, poor judgment will abound. Lets just not all rush to wipe our feet off his red carpet when you realize you stepped in a big pile of "love." Hussein Obama will not pay your mortgage for you. He wont hold your hand and kiss you when you die of cancer. He wont cradle your children when your house burns down in a forrest fire. He will dive in front of the cameras, he will play up your repulsive sense of attraction to him, and it will all sing the praises of His Greatness' Greatness.

In other words.

So freaking what?

I haven't seen anything to make me ooooh and aaaaah over. I haven't seen one solid policy produced. I haven't seen anything designed and implemented by his hands alone, that he couldn't some how shrink back to the 'workshop' with his handlers to service. What I have seen is a man, who was elected to the US Senate that showed up for less than 200 instances in a six year term, who belongs to a racially divisive church, who keeps a private prayer minister who is openly linked to a known harbinger of terrorism [hamas], who some how has everyone eating out of his hand. Remember. Hes just the president. How many times has the president brought YOU breakfast in bed? Or bought you your soda at the machine because you were short a quarter? Lets get realistic about this. Have your day, but it all starts at zero in the morning.